It was thus said that the Great Mike Kenzie once stated:
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> I've finally purchased a digital camera!
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> Any recommendations on photographing machines?
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> resolution, size, positions - front, back, inside, screen shots?
Grab a solid colored towel or sheet for the backdrop. It cuts down on
background clutter and focuses the attention to the machine. Also, think
about getting a tripod for the camera. Since digital cameras are pretty
slow (compared to regular film) the stability a tripod affords makes the
images sharper.
Here are some shots I did of my laptop (a Toshiba T1900C):
http://www.flummux.org/toshiba/
(the full image is 1984x1488, the half is half that size in both
directions, the quarter one 1/4 the size in both directions, the thumbnail
is the size I picked for thumbnails).
You might also want to play around with various settings---I didn't know
about the "WB" setting (forgot what it stands for)---it sets the camera for
different lighting temperatures (indoor, bright sunlight, indirect sunlight,
flast) and that does make a difference (the color in the images above is a
bit off since I didn't know about them with I took the pictures).
-spc (Look closely at the screen---you can even make out what I'm running
on the system 8-)
Received on Sat Jan 11 2003 - 18:30:00 GMT